School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Maldives

Maldives: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 3.6 GPI in 2017. β–² Rising

Latest (2017)
3.6 GPI
Change on year
up 52.3%
World rank
2nd
of 177 countries
All-time high
3.6 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
1.34 GPI
in 2008
Years of data
5
2003–2017

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Maldives, 2003–2017

012342003201020172003: 2.5 GPI2007: 1.8 GPI2008: 1.3 GPI2014: 2.4 GPI2017: 3.6 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Maldives stood at 3.6 GPI. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 52.3% on the previous year and up 96.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Maldives peaked at 3.6 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.34 GPI, in 2008.

Maldives ranks 2nd of 177 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1.88 GPI 1.34 GPI 2.47 GPI 3
2010s 2.98 GPI 2.36 GPI 3.6 GPI 2

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 1 Qatar 8.39 GPI compare
  2. 3 Seychelles 2.32 GPI compare
  3. 4 Barbados 2.25 GPI compare
  4. 5 Oman 2.11 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Maldives?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Maldives was 3.6 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 3.6 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 1.34 GPI in 2008.
How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Maldives ranks 2nd out of 177 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is up 96.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Maldives data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.